It’s time for more Steam Next Fest demos and Alex and I are going to be checking out a few of those on Monday. Brad might also jump into some on his solo stream on Thursday, but I think that’s still TBD! I’ll be heading back to complete some more of those “wacky” Cyberpunk 2077 side stories on Thursday as well. On Friday we’re still debating on whether to attempt some Skull and Bones or party up for Enshrouded… Over on the podcast side of things we’ve got the Season 2 finale o...
2024-02-12 19:40:46 +0000 UTC
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Microsoft might (might!) go multiplatform, Death Stranding 2 looks relatively bananas, Kojima is making a new espionage action game (!), Suicide Squad finally came out and isn't all bad, and all of it is discussed right here on this week's podcast.
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2024-02-08 01:19:59 +0000 UTC
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We've survived atmospheric rivers and dudes boost-boarding down the street with giant VR things strapped on their faces to bring you this ramble about Vinny's small-town off-the-grid Internet, the inner workings of the Metroid password, the many uses of J-B Weld, and more.
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(00:00:31) Apple has really dropped the ball
(00:10:17) Bills used to be way easier, probably
2024-02-06 14:01:01 +0000 UTC
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We've survived atmospheric rivers and dudes boost-boarding down the street with giant VR things strapped on their faces to bring you this ramble about Vinny's small-town off-the-grid Internet, the inner workings of the Metroid password, the many uses of J-B Weld, and more.
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(00:00:31) Apple has really dropped the ball
(00:10:17) Bills used to be way easier, probably
2024-02-06 14:00:12 +0000 UTC
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The path to the Black Lodge has been winding and occasionally pointless, but we've never been closer to breaking this whole Twin Peaks mystery open. Join us as we pick through the worthwhile parts of these episodes before next week's two-episode finale!
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 78: Twin Peaks: On the Wings of Love, Variations and Relations, ...
2024-02-05 23:45:26 +0000 UTC
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Happy February! I finished up Sea of Stars and got my True Ending, though I could never get 25 Moonerangs no matter how hard I tried. I’ll talk about my final thoughts on the game on this week’s podcast, along with some other games. I’m pretty excited for Helldivers 2, especially to play it with the crew, so we’ll be doing that on Friday’s stream. On Thursday Brad and I are going to fire up Palworld and spend some time tinkering in there, along with the rest of the known gaming univ...
2024-02-05 19:31:20 +0000 UTC
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Final Fantasy 7-Remake-2 looms large at the end of the month, but as we plan out the month's games, there's also Splatoon 3 DLC, remakes of Persona 3, Brothers, and Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, a new Helldivers, and... is it... is that Skull & Bones' music?!
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(00:00:00) Start
(00:00:05) Intro
(00:01:57) Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters [Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5] on Feb 20, 2024
(00:02:55) Sons of t...
2024-02-02 22:10:41 +0000 UTC
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Final Fantasy 7-Remake-2 looms large at the end of the month, but as we plan out the month's games, there's also Splatoon 3 DLC, remakes of Persona 3, Brothers, and Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, a new Helldivers, and... is it... is that Skull & Bones' music?!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:05) Intro
(00:01:57) Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters [Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5] on Feb 20, 2024
(00:02:55) Sons of the Forest [PC (Microsoft Wind...
2024-02-02 22:10:31 +0000 UTC
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Will Smith (of game development and Fortnite-streaming fame) joins us this week to unpack the mass Xbox/Activision/Blizzard layoffs and the general state of the games business, plus Tekken 8, more with Prince of Persia and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the secret language of grade schoolers, Taylor Swift's nation-state status, and more.
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2024-02-01 01:24:38 +0000 UTC
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During this week's ramble you will learn which of our feet has been viewed by Donald Glover, plus a bunch of talk about our pets past and present, reminiscing about the dot-com bubble and old search engines, more than you ever wanted to know about Linux bootloaders, and more.
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:41) Take down the tree already
(00:06:57) Tangy story!
(00:10:42) Getting animals has become...
2024-01-30 23:17:15 +0000 UTC
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During this week's ramble you will learn which of our feet has been viewed by Donald Glover, plus a bunch of talk about our pets past and present, reminiscing about the dot-com bubble and old search engines, more than you ever wanted to know about Linux bootloaders, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:41) Take down the tree already
(00:06:57) Tangy story!
(00:10:42) Getting animals has become a whole thing
(00:23:01) Vinny's resurrecting...
2024-01-30 23:16:30 +0000 UTC
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What's up with our streaming plans these days? Do we have any thoughts on a Bookcast? Who's the best Twin Peaks character? What city would we ninja in if we could ninja in a city? These questions and more, answered on this month's live question sesh!
2024-01-30 22:07:08 +0000 UTC
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We haven't found our way to the Black Lodge in Twin Peaks, but we are in a very dark place as we try to sort out just what the hell is going on in Slaves and Masters, The Condemned Woman, and Wounds and Scars.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 77: Twin Peaks: Slaves and Masters, The Condemned Woman, and Wounds and Scars
(00:00:19) - Intro.
(00:...
2024-01-29 23:44:14 +0000 UTC
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Hello hello! This week I’m diving back into another longer stream of Cyberpunk side missions on Monday, and then Brad’s going to try and boot up his Final Fantasy 7: Remake save on Thursday! We’re playing around with more solo or two-person streams, so let us know what you think. Actually, this week just happened to work out where two made more sense, but we’re still in the testing phase. The Beta. On Friday we’ll all be back to check out that Suicide Squad game, so I’m very curio...
2024-01-29 19:57:46 +0000 UTC
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For our Patron's Choice for January you voted to see Alex pay tribute to Rock Band's long-running, and now sadly ceased run of weekly DLC. Join us as we rock through some old favorites, reminisce about our own early musical influences, and finally decide where Dookie ranks in the '90s pantheon.
2024-01-26 21:29:16 +0000 UTC
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This week, the early hours of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, deeper into POP: The Lost Crown, plus Home Safety Hotline, all the goings on with Palworld, our thoughts on Xbox games like Indiana Jones and Avowed, replacing your anode rod, and plenty more.
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2024-01-25 02:02:34 +0000 UTC
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We could and arguably should have spent this whole episode rambling about Winamp, but we also get into Netflix's $5 billion WWE deal, password managers and software subscriptions, another appearance at career day, and more.
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:40) Netflix + wrestling = ??????
(00:07:33) It's time for the pro wrestling management sim
(00:15:19) Pop culture might be moving on
(00:21:19) Career day is here again
(00:...
2024-01-24 00:49:45 +0000 UTC
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We could and arguably should have spent this whole episode rambling about Winamp, but we also get into Netflix's $5 billion WWE deal, password managers and software subscriptions, another appearance at career day, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:40) Netflix + wrestling = ??????
(00:07:33) It's time for the pro wrestling management sim
(00:15:19) Pop culture might be moving on
(00:21:19) Career day is here again
(00:32:56) People a...
2024-01-24 00:49:38 +0000 UTC
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For our first Twin Peaks three-banger, we play a deadly game of chess, confront at least one big bad before introducing another, and wallow in the muck of James drama.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 76: Twin Peaks: The Black Widow, Checkmate, and Double Play
(00:00:23) - Intro.
(00:03:40) - Kicking things off with The Black Widow.
(00:08:...
2024-01-23 00:43:16 +0000 UTC
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Two thousand and twenty-four. Whether you spell it out or write it on your checks or, like us, enter it into so many podcast filenames, we're quite sure it's not a real number. What is real, though, is our gratitude for your ongoing support, without which we wouldn't be doing another patron's choice stream this Friday the 26th. Here's your legally mandated chance to vote on what we'll stream; make it count!
What’s going on out there? Well, personally, I’ve been working on putting up some gutters on my detached garage/workshop. It’s one of those projects that starts off super simple and inexpensive and then somehow balloons in ways I never thought. One of those “well, while I’m out here I might as well…”. Luckily, where I have to do the work is pretty low to the ground, so I don’t have to contend with heights. No, my biggest enemy is probably overthinking everything, like 5 or 6 i...
2024-01-22 19:56:06 +0000 UTC
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Bakalar and Dan are back to talk about your favorite DC-themed kitten, Dan's suffering, and things you should never eat, do, or probably even talk about.
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(00:00:07) Intro
(00:01:36) A Hale and Hearty Dan
(00:13:53) The darkness happening in Dan's bathrooms
(00:16:10) Dan's Room
(00:19:41) And then somehow it all gets worse...
(00:22:05) What's been going on with Bakalar?
(00:27:18) Please welcome Lucifer Morningstar. ...
2024-01-19 16:06:05 +0000 UTC
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They mixed some Metroid into the new Prince of Persia and it turns out we're all quite down with that. Plus: Brad digs into the new Last of Us Part II rogue-like mode, Rockstar and Remedy in a logo dust-up, Harmonix is finally ceasing Rock Band 4 DLC, and more.
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2024-01-18 01:13:07 +0000 UTC
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With Brad out the conversation naturally swerves into the wintry weather, the dangers of climbing ladders, and an impromptu review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife!
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:07) Intro
(00:00:25) Snow business
(00:02:23) Favorite shoveling or ice melt techniques?
(00:06:06) Why not put up some gutters?
(00:10:16) Lows and highs of homeowner panic
(00:14:05) Having...
2024-01-17 00:06:08 +0000 UTC
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With Brad out the conversation naturally swerves into the wintry weather, the dangers of climbing ladders, and an impromptu review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:07) Intro
(00:00:25) Snow business
(00:02:23) Favorite shoveling or ice melt techniques?
(00:06:06) Why not put up some gutters?
(00:10:16) Lows and highs of homeowner panic
(00:14:05) Having the first guests and what is a day bed?
(00:16:03) Ghostbusters...
2024-01-17 00:06:05 +0000 UTC
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Plenty has already been said about video gaming in 2023, a year of extremes that saw a historic procession of instant-classic games being released, even as the business itself began to contract so rapidly that thousands of the people behind those games found themselves squeezed right out of their jobs. With ballooning triple-A budgets, mismanagement, and a sudden dire lack of funding for smaller teams, the whole thing is feeling pretty precarious lately. There’s not much more I can add to t...
2024-01-16 20:39:02 +0000 UTC
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First, Alex and I currently have our GOTY lists up! Personally, it was nice to take a bit of extra time to try out some of the games other folks ranked very highly (Dave the Diver, Sea of Stars) that I didn’t have time to get to before December 31st. Sea of Stars seemed like it could break into my Top Ten but I had just hit a big, fairly early, narrative twist that made me go “oh come on” which put it back into TBD territory. I’m past that event now and pretty much back into it, but s...
2024-01-16 20:05:47 +0000 UTC
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I’ve been putting off writing this top 10 list a bit since the year started. I don’t have a good excuse for that, beyond the usual issues getting the writing motor running after a long lull, and the (hopefully) understandable lack of desire to try to take stock of what 2023 even fucking was. You do not need me to recap all the ways in which last year felt deeply, brutally wrong. Even wit...
2024-01-16 16:24:27 +0000 UTC
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Out of the gate, I'd like to thank everyone that has supported us throughout 2023 and into 2024. We've been talking about big and small shifts in 2024, so I'm hoping it's an exciting year.
You can always see a fairly up to date list of the games I'm playing here:
https://nextlander-game-database....
2024-01-16 14:43:41 +0000 UTC
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We told you when this Twin Peaks journey began that one day we'd be in for it. Folks, we're in it.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 75: Twin Peaks: Dispute Between Brothers and The Masked Ball.
(00:00:18) - Intro.
(00:07:44) - Kicking things off with Dispute Between Brothers.
(00:14:08) - This was not the dispute between brothers we were ex...
2024-01-15 22:34:09 +0000 UTC
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